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The Casual Criminalist

The Pusher - The Canal Killer of Manchester

The Casual Criminalist

Cloud10

True Crime

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Uncover the chilling case of the Manchester Pusher, a possible serial killer responsible for over 85 deaths in the canals. Is it just an urban legend or a real danger? Listen now to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

How did Malcolm finally gain his cat's respect?

0:03.1

Was it because he saved 35% on Train 9, then bravely looked into the eyes of his dismissive pet,

0:09.2

where he saw something that said,

0:11.9

I don't actually hate you.

0:14.9

His Train 9 detanged for Malcolm gaining his cat's respect.

0:18.8

We hope so.

0:19.7

We really do.

0:21.4

Great journey start with Train 9.

0:24.2

Average savings from advanced fairs, rail cards and split save were available

0:27.2

versus equivalent flexible fair TNT's apply.

0:57.8

A serial killer, not a serial killer.

0:59.7

When it's a series of similar, but unrelated deaths, you may recall the episode on the smiley face

1:04.7

killers from a ways back in which it was believed that a gang of people were committing murders

1:08.6

and then spray-painting smiley faces nearby.

1:11.0

As it turns out, a smiley face is among the most common forms of graffiti.

1:14.5

And you'd be hard-pressed to find a murder that wasn't coincidentally near one.

1:18.5

The human brain is designed to excel at pattern recognition.

1:22.0

We're so good at recognising patterns that we can identify patterns

1:25.7

where they don't even exist.

1:27.1

Yes, looking up at the clouds and being like,

1:28.6

oh, look, look, it looks like a penis!

1:32.6

And it's like, no, I mean, it's not.

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